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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 24:8-20

This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin's reign, but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin's captivity, as it is called, Ezek. 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour of wearing it, but the shame of losing it. Ideo tantum venerat, ut exiret?He came in only to go out. I. His reign was short and inconsiderable. He reigned but three months, and then was removed and carried captive to Babylon, as his father, it is likely, would have been if he had lived but so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:10

At that time ,.... When Jehoiachin reigned: when the year was expired ; so it is in 2 Chronicles 36:10 or at the revolution of the year; which some take to be autumn, the beginning of the civil year with the Jews; but rather it was the spring, the time when kings went out to battle, 2 Samuel 11:1 . the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem ; that is, his army, under proper generals and officers, and by his orders: and the city was besieged ; in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:11

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city ,.... He came in person, following his army: and his servants did besiege it ; very closely. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:12

And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon ,.... Not to fight with him, but to submit to him, and to surrender the city to him, and be at his mercy: he and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers ; the royal family, courtiers, and nobles: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign ; Of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, and which was the eighth of the first captivity, and from whence the seventy years' captivity were reckoned. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:13

And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ,.... The gates of the city being thrown open to him, he entered and plundered the temple, and the royal palace, and took from thence all the riches thereof: and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said ; 2 Kings 20:17 and so the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled. No more is said of these vessels in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:12

Jehoiachin - went out - He saw that it was useless to attempt to defend himself any longer; and he therefore surrendered himself, hoping to obtain better terms. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:13

He carried out thence all the treasures - It has been remarked that Nebuchadnezzar spoiled the temple three times. - He took away the greater part of those treasures when he took Jerusalem under Jehoiakim: and the vessels that he took then he placed in the temple of his god, Daniel 1:2 . And these were the vessels which Belshazzar profaned, Daniel 5:2 ; and which Cyrus restored to Ezra, when he went up to Jerusalem, Ezra 1:2 . It was at this time that he took Daniel and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 24:10

Came up against Jerusalem - The cause and circumstances of this siege are equally obscure. Perhaps Nebuchadnezzar detected Jehoiachin in some attempt to open communications with Egypt. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 24:12

The eighth year - Jeremiah calls it the seventh year Jeremiah 52:28, a statement which implies only a different manner of counting regnal years. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 24:13

On the first capture of the city in the fourth (third) year of Jehoiakim Daniel 1:2; 2 Chronicles 36:7, the vessels carried off consisted of smaller and lighter articles; while now the heavier articles, as the table of showbread, the altar of incense, the ark of the covenant were stripped of their gold, which was carried away by the conquerors. Little remained more precious than brass at the time of the final capture in the reign of Zedekiah 2 Kings 25:13-17. read more

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